Size It Up · Animals
How long is Blue whale?
29 mlength
The blue whale is the largest animal ever, up to 29 m long.
Enter your height to compare yourself with Blue whale.
- 2.42× the city bus (12 m)
- 0.28× a football pitch (105 m)
- 5.27× the giraffe (5.5 m)
- 6.44× the family car (4.5 m)
How to picture 29 m
Start from something you can see right now. Blue whale is about 2.42× city bus. That is exactly the estimate the board asks you to draw: pick a reference, decide the ratio, resize the silhouette.
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